Health Care

How Long Before Taking Tylenol While Pregnant Is a Crime?

How Long Before Taking Tylenol While Pregnant Is a Crime? How Long Before Taking Tylenol While Pregnant Is a Crime?

In light of new data showing over 400 people have been prosecuted for pregnancy-related crimes, we should be wary of how Trump’s directives may be used against women.

Sep 30, 2025 / Aziza Ahmed

An activist holds a sign that read “Free DC” during a rally at Dupont Circle on August 28, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Resisting Federal Overreach in the Exam Room and on the Streets of DC Resisting Federal Overreach in the Exam Room and on the Streets of DC

This Hyde anniversary, Dr. Jamila Perritt reflects on the culture of fear and self-determination in the nation’s capital.

Sep 30, 2025 / Dr. Jamila Perritt

An aerial view of houses that have had partial pipe replacements of their lead pipes in Memphis, Tennessee, in April 2024.

In Memphis, Lead Poisoning Often Goes Unnoticed and Untreated In Memphis, Lead Poisoning Often Goes Unnoticed and Untreated

As Trump deploys the National Guard to “make Memphis safe and restore public order,” the health risks from the city’s aging infrastructure, plumbing, and paint continue to be igno...

Sep 26, 2025 / StudentNation / Ella Curlin

Donald Trump Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Monday, September 22, 2025.

Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents Trump and RFK Are Presiding Over a Massacre of the Innocents

The president’s dangerous misinformation about Tylenol is only the latest threat this government poses to infant and maternal mortality.

Sep 25, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

RFK Jr., American Psycho RFK Jr., American Psycho

He needs to go. Now.

Sep 4, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Employees with Project Weber-Renew in Providence, Rhode Island.

This Overdose Prevention Center Isn’t Giving Up on Harm Reduction This Overdose Prevention Center Isn’t Giving Up on Harm Reduction

Over the past decade, overdose protections and programs like Project Weber-Renew have expanded, but with Trump back in office, this trend may be short lived.

Sep 2, 2025 / StudentNation / Fareed Salmon

North Valley Hospital in Montana

Montana Doesn’t Need Any More Rural Ghost Towns, but That’s What Republicans Voted For Montana Doesn’t Need Any More Rural Ghost Towns, but That’s What Republicans Voted For

Across the country, rural hospitals will close, and the empty towns will mirror the quiet halls where doctors and nurses once rushed to heal.

Aug 19, 2025 / Steve Bullock

When Hospitals Act Like ICE

When Hospitals Act Like ICE When Hospitals Act Like ICE

These patients needed long-term care. Instead, the hospitals pushed for them to be deported.

Aug 14, 2025 / Feature / Liset Cruz

Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. stands behind Donald Trump in the Oval Office

In Trump’s America, Vaccination Rates are Declining and Measles Is Spreading In Trump’s America, Vaccination Rates are Declining and Measles Is Spreading

Trump and RFK Jr. have made every effort to undermine one of the major civilizing advances of the 20th century—our public health infrastructure

Aug 13, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Ai-jen Poo speaks as Care advocates light 8,000 candles for 80 million Americans who rely on Medicaid during a 60-hour vigil on July 23, 2025, in Washington, DC.

It’s Our Turn to Build a New System of Care It’s Our Turn to Build a New System of Care

We have the chance to shape the future by building a system of care that leaves no one behind. 

Aug 8, 2025 / Ai-jen Poo for The Nation

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